Bill Dwyer
Senior Software Engineer — Portland, OR
eBay Era
Android Focus
Mobile Beginnings
The Detour
Web Years
Early Career
Now
eBay
Senior Software Engineer · Portland, OR
Led item discovery and sales analytics features. Contributed to intelligent pricing and offer management tools. Cross-functional collaboration with PM and Design. Integrated GitHub Copilot, Cline, and Claude Code into workflow. Millions of daily active users.
KotlinJetpack ComposeCoroutinesAI ToolsEnterprise Scale
Android Focus
New Relic
Senior Software Engineer · Portland, OR
Led Android project to build the mobile New Relic observability platform. Migrated 50+ screens to Kotlin and Jetpack Compose. Led the company's AI integration effort. Established CI pipeline, release automation, and mentoring culture.
KotlinJetpack ComposeModularizationAI IntegrationObservability
Mobile Beginnings
Cvent
Senior Software Engineer · Portland, OR
Promoted to tech lead within six months. Led React Native injection into native app, then founded the greenfield RN replacement app. Built Storybook component library. Led company-hosted React Native meetups.
React NativeStorybookTech Lead
DAT Solutions
Senior Software Engineer · Portland, OR
Built the DAT Load Board for Truckers Android app from concept to launch ("the Uber for Truckers"). Established new REST APIs on Node.js backend.
AndroidNode.jsREST APIs
Shiftwise, Inc.
Senior Software Engineer · Portland, OR
Lead engineer on company's first Android and iOS apps. Designed shared cross-platform libraries. Full-stack: Angular, C#, ServiceStack, MongoDB with extensive automated testing.
AndroidiOSAngularC#MongoDB
Web Years
Pop Art, Inc.
Web Developer · Portland, OR
Led agile team building ASP.NET MVC infrastructure for a PhoneGap iOS app. Built responsive and parallaxing sites with HTML5 before libraries for that existed.
ASP.NETPhoneGapHTML5
The Detour
Pepper Hamilton LLP
Web Developer · Philadelphia, PA
Custom .NET web applications for a major law practice. Implemented SharePoint 2010 firm-wide.
.NETSharePoint
Solo Motorcycle Journey
Travel Blogger · Arizona → Argentina
Quit the day job. Rode a motorcycle solo from Arizona to Argentina — eight months, 20,000 miles through Central and South America. Blogged the journey to a healthy audience. Returned with a book: Anxiety Across the Americas.
20,000 miles8 monthsWordPressPublished Author
Early Career
University of Phoenix Online
Software Developer · Phoenix, AZ
Maintained online classroom serving 400,000+ students. ASP.NET, C#, Oracle, REST/SOAP. Mentored junior devs; spearheaded complex architectural solutions.
ASP.NETC#Oracle400K+ users
Hands On Technology
Software Developer · Hinsdale, IL
.NET/C# insurance claims app; dynamic form generation. Led migration of 300+ client databases from MySQL to SQL Server 2005. Built internal CRM and CMS tools.
.NET/C#SQL Server300+ clients
Ulta, Inc.
Software Developer · Romeoville, IL
C++/MFC GUI improvements. SQL reporting on corporate financial data. SAP data transfer batch processes between departments.
C++MFCSAP
Remote Operations Company
Software Developer · Green Bay, WI
Project lead for Land O' Lakes inventory and CRM system. Inventory tracking for White Clover Dairy. Portable data terminal integration libraries.
.NETC#Inventory Systems

Skills

Android
KotlinJavaJetpack Compose MVVMCoroutinesFlows DaggerRetrofitGradle
Web & Mobile
ReactReact Native JavaScriptHTML5CSS
Backend
Node.jsGraphQLSQL JavaC#ASP.NET
Data & Tools
PostgresMySQLSQLite NoSQLDockerAWS gitShell
AI Integration
GitHub CopilotClineClaude Code
Education
Saint Norbert College
B.S. Computer Science
B.S. Philosophy • 2000–2004